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Monday, February 11, 2013

Radiation Is Not A Big Deal

The UNSCEAR report says that the Linear-No-Threshold assumption about radiation effects doesn't stand up. Notably, it also points out that there are no deaths attributable to the Fukushima power plant meltdown. Nada. Not one.

Unlike the critics, nuclear power advocates have to produce something that actually works. And they do that. Every day. The nuclear power safety record is real. And it is better by far than that of fossil energy. Nuclear power does not contribute to global warming.

The critics have fantasies, guesses, and suppositions, but sadly, no evidence. That is no way to run public policy.

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